I think the argument has morphed from the original post. I'm not the only one who described it as standard fare. I thought we were discussing whether this was a great goal. Sinclair's goal from the free, O'Reilly's goal, Marta's goal... all gorgeous. This may have been a great moment in US women's world cup history, but it's not a particularly pretty goal. You can disagree all you want but I stand firm that this is just an average goal. If it's truly a great goal it will be remembered for years to come. I suspect it'll be forgotten about pretty quickly outside the US.
So let's just agree to disagree. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hmm. I guess we're having different discussions then. You want to discuss > > the warm fuzzy and good "story" that comes from a last minute goal, I'm > > discussing the goal itself. And your comparison to a home run is invalid. > A > > home run is a home run. There aren't more beautiful home runs. Goals in > > football are completely different. There's certainly such a thing as a > > beautiful goal vs just a routine one. And this is a case of that. > > > > Why is the "hand of God" goal one of the most famous goals in history? It's > obviously not the most beautiful.....so why is it famous? Hand ball's > happen > all the time...so what's the big deal? > > Med......listen.....i realize the goal itself was just a goal. Goals like > that happen all the time. They are nice, yes, but not overly impressive to > the point of being the greatest goal ever. I know that what i saw yesterday > was NOT the greatest goal ever. I get that. And if that is your point, then > i concede it. Ok. > > But i'm telling you that WHEN a goal happens DOES matter. And who it's > against...matters. And when it happens.......MATTERS. > > If that cross and header had happened on a Tuesday afternoon at my old > grade > school against my 4th grade soccer team....would it have been has difficult > to execute as it was against the Brazilian national team in front of the > whole world? > > As a football player yourself....do you really discount that performing in > front of millions of people at crunch time is equally as difficult as > performing in practice when nobody is watching? > > My point is simply that performing when everything is on the line...even if > it's something that you've done many times before and that happens dozens > of > times every day across the world....is impressive. Very impressive, and > deserving a bit more than "oh....i've seen a header before...big deal." > > To you, a self admitted luddite. To me it's not a great goal. It's a > routine > > goal squeaked in at the last minute, just like happens weekly across the > > world. Treating like it's the greatest goal of all time is just silly. > It's > > not even the final, so big deal. > > > > I'm not sure why you are so emotionally invested in a discussion about a > > sport you've said you don't even like, especially because it's a women's > > sport. So if you don't care about it, why so hopped up? > > > > I"m passionate about sports, can't help it....that's what makes them great. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
